pollution

Plastic is everywhere, used widely in manufacturing and packaging. The waste is found all over the environment, even in our bodies. There are ideas to reduce and reuse plastic to lessen the impacts.

The NYS DOT is mitigating noise and air pollution in the densely populated area when the first spans of the viaduct are removed.

Attorneys with Harvard Law's Environment and Energy Program see regulation, staff cuts seriously weakening pollution & climate protections. Syracuse, New York & other governments can be line of defense.

The new regulations from the EPA would reduce fine particulate matter from 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air to between nine and 10.

The Onondaga Lake Cleanup Crop will receive almost half a million in federal funding to assist in community education and prevention of air pollution in marginalized communities.

Water authorities are now permitted to take legal action against water polluters after Gov. Hochul puts new law in place.

Gov. Hochul makes regulations requiring newer bought cars to be zero emission, or electric, starting with 35% of vehicles in the model year 2026.

Two local institutions sponsor a drop-off event in Syracuse to collect old thermostats and thermometers to reduce mercury, a harmful substance to humans and wildlife, in the county.

The environmental conservation agency said emissions from the Greenidge Generation Facility's Bitcoin mining operation conflicts with the state's climate plan.

We have a lot of fresh water in our region. How are we using that to our advantage when it comes to economic development, recreation, and neighborhood betterment?